Bleed Cubbie Blue: An SB Nation Community

Navigation: Jump to content areas:


Pro Quality. Fan Perspective.
Around SBN: Can Tebow Say No To Anything?

It's time...

It's time to realize the Cubs won't win the World Series this year.  It's time to realize the Cubs won't win the Series next year.  It's time to stop calling for Dusty's head and looking for the big trade.  It's time to realize that the Cubs can't win the World Series--ever--because they're a minor league team.

Of course, they're not really a minor league team.  They play in the National League, the most major of major leagues.  But perhaps it's time that we started treating the Cubs as a minor league team.  With minor league baseball, no one hangs on every pitch, no one rejoices too terribly in a win, no one is too awfully sorrowed by a loss.  People just enjoy baseball in a more pure form.

It's time for us to abandon whatever expectations we have for the Cubs.  Go to the games, watch the games on TV, whatever.  Enjoy the little things that the Cubs--sometimes--do right.  It's time to appreciate the games for their leisurely pace.  It's time to relish the traditions and rituals that draw each of us to the game.  It's time to languish in the ebb and flow of a 162-game season.  In short, it's time to treat the Cubs like a minor league team and just enjoy baseball for the sake of baseball.

This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of SB Nation or Al Yellon, managing editor (unless it's a FanPost posted by Al). FanPost opinions are valued expressions of opinion by passionate and knowledgeable baseball fans.

0 recs  |  Comment 5 comments

Story-email Email Printer Print

Comments

Display:

I'm already a minor league fan
I refuse to have the same expectations for a $100M payroll team.  
What does not kill you makes you stronger.

by Pa on May 7, 2006 5:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Next year?
Why give up on next year?  Not things don't look good at this point, and any hope I have (which I do have) is admittedly tied to the fan side of my brain, not the rational side. But... Why on Earth would you say the Cubs don't have a chance for next year?  The reason this team is frustrating right now is because they are playing below where they can and should be playing!  Man, when cub fans can't even look forward to next year...
Eamus Ursuli!

by WGNstatic on May 7, 2006 6:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ever?
I'm 16.  It's too early to ruin my Cubs fan life.
Cubbie Blue always sPaRkLes in my eyes.

by sparkles721 on May 7, 2006 6:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Absolutely Not
  I appreciate your furstration with the way the team has played, but even if it were possible to void yourself of all passion towards baseball and the Cubs, would you really want to?  I wouldn't care if the team loses 100 games this year and finishes last in the Central if say, Marshall threw a no-no or Cedeno finished around .300/20/80.  Because as a Cub fan I have to believe in Hope.  For all of the upside down seasons and underachieving teams, it is still worth watching every game and hoping that sometime soon the planets will align for that magical season.  

  Watching baseball in it's purest form is as easy as walking 3 blocks down the street to the local sandlot and watching the kids play.  But don't ask me to change the color I bleed.  

Chicks dig the long ball

by Will23 on May 7, 2006 6:37 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

hope
i'll quote another movie...

"Hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And a good thing never dies. "

More often than not there is no good reason to believe that this is gonna be the year that the Cubs win it all. If the Cubs having a legitimate shot at winning it all going into the season, there would have been very few seasons that I would have even bothered turning on the set. What keeps myself, and I am assuming most of the other people who post on this board coming back, is hope. I hope that they can turn things around. It's still early. I hope they can give me a reason to watch baseball late into the season and maybe even play baseball on my birthday. (10/24) Above all else, I hope to one day see the my signature line come true...

AC 00 00 00 - BELIEVE

by mike on May 7, 2006 7:49 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Comments For This Post Are Closed


User Tools

Welcome to Bleed Cubbie Blue, the Chicago Cubs blog for the SB Nation, created on February 9, 2005 by Al Yellon
Start posting about the Cubs »

Join SB Nation and dive into communities focused on all your favorite teams.

FanPosts

Community blog posts and discussion.

Recommended FanPosts

Forest_waterfall_xl_small
Wrigley skyboxes?...NO WAY!
Self-portrait-4_small
Slightly OT: Trivia
P7200073_small
Randy Hundley 2010 Fantasy Camp
19433_10100150211636494_2341152_60487799_2361411_n_small
"Must Read" CUBS Book Titles
Cubs_ying_yang_small
BCB Awards

Recent FanPosts

Budlightfancam_small
The Ricketts Family - What Does This Mean For The Cub Fan?
Small
Spring training tickets question
Small
"Wrigley Club"
Img_3005_small
Price Per Game
Small
Who's going to Atlanta?
Small
MLB 2010 Draft Prep
Calvin_small
Poll: Should Bartman return
Monterrey1_small
Theriot
Chicagocubs_small
Hudson vs. Nady... ? what is the rationale ?

+ New FanPost All FanPosts >

FanShots

Quick hits of video, photos, quotes, chats, links and lists that you find around the web.

Recommended FanShots

Ichiro throws laser beams. Literally. (Hat tip: Rob Neyer)
BCB Voting Open
Keith Law's Organizational Rankings

Recent FanShots

Some of the best players in history came to camp at 19 or 20 and made it,"...
"Sabermetrics": Word To Stay In Public Domain
Wrigley Field Changes Detailed
Ex-Cub News: Jacque Jones Signs Minor League Deal With Twins
Giants Go To Dynamic Ticket Pricing System For All Games
Help with Cubs W Flag I just ordered a Cubs W flag and I'm pretty sure I...
Packing Up The Cubs Gear for the Trip to Mesa
MLB-TV for 2010
Cubs prospects Numbers in the Fall/Winter Leagues..
White Sox "Unretire" #11 For Vizquel

+ New FanShot All FanShots >

It Is Only...

Cubs By The Numbers

Cubs By The Numbers is a history of the ballclub by uniform number, but the biographies help trace the history of our beloved team in a new way. For everyone who's a Cubs fan, anyone who ever wore the uniform is like family. Cubs By The Numbers reintroduces readers to some of their long-lost ancestors, even ones they think they already know.

Click here to order your copy, available now!

SPONSORS

Recent Stories in Ticket Exchanges

Yelloncard_small
Ticket Exchanges: 2010 Spring Training
Yelloncard_small
Ticket Exchanges: General 2010 Ticket Exchange
Yelloncard_small
Ticket Exchanges: Season Ticket Packages Or Large Blocks Only

Managing Editor

Yelloncard_small Al

Editorial Cartoonist

Toonmike_small toonmike

Contributors

Dsc_0139_small holy mackerel

100px-boisehawkscaplogo_small Josh77

Small shawndgoldman